WO2001058802A1 - A dispensing assembly for automatically adjusting the carbon dioxide level in beer in a draught beer keg - Google Patents

A dispensing assembly for automatically adjusting the carbon dioxide level in beer in a draught beer keg Download PDF

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WO2001058802A1
WO2001058802A1 PCT/DK2000/000709 DK0000709W WO0158802A1 WO 2001058802 A1 WO2001058802 A1 WO 2001058802A1 DK 0000709 W DK0000709 W DK 0000709W WO 0158802 A1 WO0158802 A1 WO 0158802A1
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Torben Lindgaard Nielsen
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D16/00—Control of fluid pressure
    • G05D16/04—Control of fluid pressure without auxiliary power
    • G05D16/06—Control of fluid pressure without auxiliary power the sensing element being a flexible membrane, yielding to pressure, e.g. diaphragm, bellows, capsule
    • G05D16/0616—Control of fluid pressure without auxiliary power the sensing element being a flexible membrane, yielding to pressure, e.g. diaphragm, bellows, capsule the sensing element being a bellow
    • G05D16/0619—Control of fluid pressure without auxiliary power the sensing element being a flexible membrane, yielding to pressure, e.g. diaphragm, bellows, capsule the sensing element being a bellow acting directly on the obturator
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/12—Flow or pressure control devices or systems, e.g. valves, gas pressure control, level control in storage containers
    • B67D1/1252—Gas pressure control means, e.g. for maintaining proper carbonation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/12—Flow or pressure control devices or systems, e.g. valves, gas pressure control, level control in storage containers
    • B67D1/14—Reducing valves or control taps
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  • a dispensing assembly for automatically adjusting the carbon dioxide level in beer in a draught beer keg.
  • the invention relates to a dispensing assembly for automatically adjusting the carbon dioxide level in beer in a draught beer keg, where the dispensing assembly comprises a beer tap to be placed in the outlet opening of the draught beer keg, a tapping cock connected to said beer tap optionally through a hose, a reducing valve communicating with said beer tap, as well as a carbon dioxide compressed air cylinder communicating with said reducing valve optionally through a pressure hose.
  • Most draught beer dispensing assemblies are not provided with any type of automatic adjustment of the carbon dioxide level in the draught beer.
  • the carbon dioxide level in the beer has for instance been manually adjusted by means of a valve and an associated manometer placed on the carbon dioxide compressed air cylinder.
  • the carbon dioxide level in the beer is closely correlated with the beer temperature. When the carbon dioxide level is too high, the beer foams, and when the level is too low the beer turns flat.
  • a change of the draught beer keg requires a readjustment of the carbon dioxide level in order to prevent the beer from foaming or turning flat. Such a procedure is necessary because the new draught beer keg has a temperature differing from the temperature of the just emptied draught beer keg, typically because said draught beer kegs are not stored in the same room.
  • valve As the valve is not connected to the draught beer keg, said valve and said beer in the keg do not necessarily have the same temperature, which can cause an undesirable flow of carbon dioxide into the keg.
  • the known control systems are rather comprehensive and rather complicated. In addition, they require a substantial adaptation when they are to be mounted on a new beer keg. Furthermore, the initial costs are relatively high.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a dispensing assembly of the above type which presents a very simple structure, which is easy to adjust to an existing draught beer equipment, and which furthermore is inexpensive to buy.
  • the dispensing assembly according to the invention is characterised in that the low pressure side of the reducing valve is directly connected to a gas channel arranged in the housing of the beer tap, said gas channel communicating with the interior of the keg, and that the reducing valve is formed as a needle/cone valve, where the needle with the cone is controlled by a bellows device arranged in the housing of the valve and including a closed control gas mixture, said control gas mixture at least including carbon dioxide and being selected such that the carbon dioxide-pressure-temperature-relation of the beer in the keg within a predetermined temperature range, preferably 5 to 30 °C, coincides substantially with the carbon dioxide-pressure-temperature-curve for beer with a constant carbon dioxide level of R (% by weight) within said temperature range, R being in the range of 0.43 to 0.62% by weight.
  • the reducing valve and the beer in the beer keg always have the same temperature, an equalization of the temperature between the beer keg and the reducing valve taking place through the housing of the beer tap. Accordingly, no particular thermosensor is necessary in connection with the reducing valve.
  • the control gas mixture of the bellows device has the effect that the reducing valve is opened just so much that the amount of carbon dioxide passing through the reducing valve ensures that the beer in the keg is provided with a desired carbon dioxide level of R (% by weight) within a temperature range preferably being 5 to 30 °C.
  • the dispensing assembly requires almost no adaptation to the existing draught beer equip- ment because the reducing valve used is easy to connect to the existing beer tap. Accordingly the dispensing assembly is inexpensive to install.
  • the carbon dioxide level R (% by weight) of the beer may according to the invention be in the range of 0.48 to 0.57% by weight, especially 0.51 to 0.55% by weight, preferably approximately 0.53 % by weight.
  • the resulting dispensing assembly can be used for the most frequent types of beer; in Scandinavia the beer presents predominantly an R of approximately 0.53 % by weight.
  • control gas mixture may include Freon 134 A or a gaseous hydrocarbon, such as butane, with the result that said assembly can be adapted to beer types with a rather differing carbon dioxide level (R).
  • Freon 134 A or a gaseous hydrocarbon, such as butane
  • the carbon dioxide of the control gas mixture may according to the invention represent 10 to 30% by volume, preferably 12 to 25 % by volume of the control gas mixture, which turned out to be particularly advantageous.
  • the carbon dioxide of the control gas mixture may according to the invention represent approximately 15% by volume and Freon 134 A may represent approximately 85 % by volume.
  • the resulting assembly is particularly suited for the types of beer typical in Denmark and the remaining Scandinavia.
  • the carbon dioxide level may according to the invention represent approximately 20% by volume, and the content of gaseous hydrocarbon may represent approximately 80% by volume, whereby the assembly is particularly suited for use in connection with dispensing of types of beer from the Southern Germany.
  • the needle/cone valve may be shaped such that it can operate with both high and low carbon dioxide pressures because the cone is provided with a slightly convex appearance compared to a geometrical cone.
  • the needle/cone valve can, as mentioned above, operate at both high pressures, viz. at 60 to 80 bar, where it receives the carbon dioxide directly from the carbon dioxide compressed air cylinder, and at low pressures, viz. at 4 to 5 bar, provided a conventional reducing valve is mounted at said compressed air cylinder.
  • the bellows device may according to the invention comprise a cup of sheet material, where a metal sheet bellows is secured inside said cup in a sealing manner, preferably by way of welding, so as to provide a closed chamber for the control gas mixture between said cup and said bellows.
  • the bellows device can always act on the needle/cone valve body in such a manner that no manual adjustment of the valve is required.
  • the metal sheet bellows may according to the invention be in form of a body of revolution with a central projection which is adapted to press the valve body in the needle/cone valve into an open position through a strut, said valve body, however, also being subjected to an oppositely acting force by a pressure spring arranged in the valve housing.
  • the resulting embodiment turned out to be particularly advanta- geous. It should be noted that the reducing valve, as well as the dispensing assembly, is completely free of electric installations and does not require any manual adjustment. As the reducing valve is not passed by beer, said reducing valve does not suffer from any risk of sanitary problems.
  • Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of an embodiment of the dispensing assembly accord- ing to the invention
  • Fig. 2 shows a flow sheet of the embodiment of Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the reducing valve according to the invention.
  • Fig. 4 shows curves illustrating the carbon dioxide pressure versus the beer tempera- ture
  • Fig. 5 is a side view of the valve body in the needle/cone valve.
  • the dispensing assembly shown in Fig. 1 serves to automatically adjust the carbon dioxide level in beer in a draught beer keg 1.
  • This dispensing assembly comprises a beer tap 3 arranged in the outlet opening 2 of the draught beer keg.
  • the dispensing assembly comprises a tapping cock 5 connected to the beer tap through a hose 4 and from which the draught beer can be dispensed, as well as a carbon dioxide compressed air cylinder 7.
  • This compressed air cylinder 7 is connected to the delivery side of a reducing valve 9 through a pressure hose 8, said reducing valve 9 in turn being directly connected to the housing 3a of the beer tap.
  • Fig. 2 is a rather diagrammatic view of how the individual parts of the dispensing assembly are inter- connected.
  • the reducing valve 9 is directly connected to a gas channel 12 arranged in the housing 3a of the beer tap, said gas channel communicating with the interior 6 of the keg 1.
  • the reducing valve 9 is shaped as a needle/cone valve, viz. a valve where the valve body is formed by a "needle” 15, a cone 16 being arranged at the lower end of said "needle” 15.
  • the valve cone can abut a valve seat 17.
  • the needle/cone valve is provided with a bellows device 20 comprising a closed control gas mixture 21 which has been symbolically marked by way of a row of small circles and which at least includes carbon dioxide and Freon 134A.
  • the bellows device can act on the valve cone 16 in such a manner that the valve 9 is opened and closed when the control gas mixture expands or contracts.
  • the components of the control gas mixture and the present amounts of said components are selected such that the carbon dioxide pressure-temperature-relation of the beer in the keg 1 within a predetermined temperature range, preferably 5 to 30 °C, coincides substantially with the carbon dioxide pressure-temperature-curve for beer with a constant carbon dioxide level of R (% by weight) in the temperature range.
  • R is in the range of 0.43 to 0.62% by weight.
  • Fig. 4 shows the carbon dioxide pressure in the beer versus the beer temperature.
  • the curve II illustrates how a carbon dioxide pressure-beer-temperature-relation is obtained which in most of the temperature range 5 to 30 °C coincides exactly with the ideal curve I or is very similar thereto in connection with a control gas mixture including carbon dioxide and Freon 134A.
  • the ideal curve is slightly upwardly displaced relative to the curve I.
  • another control gas mixture such as a mixture including carbon dioxide and a gaseous hydrocarbon, such as butane.
  • the curve corresponding to the curve II is found slightly above the curve II, but quite close to the ideal curve.
  • the carbon dioxide level R (% by weight) of the beer la can be in the range of 0.48 to 0.57% by weight, especially 0.51 to 0.55% by weight, preferably 0.53% by weight.
  • the carbon dioxide of the control gas mixture 21 can represent 10 to 30% by volume, preferably 12 to 25% by volume of the control gas mixture.
  • the carbon dioxide level of the control gas mixture 21 can represent approximately 15 % by volume
  • the contents of Freon 134A can be approximately 85 % by volume.
  • the carbon dioxide level of the control gas mixture 21 can represent approximately 20% by volume and the content of gaseous hydrocarbon, such as butane, approximately 80% by volume.
  • Fig. 5 shows how the valve body of the needle/cone valve comprises said needle 15 and a substantially conical body 16. It appears that the cone presents a slightly con- vex appearance compared to a geometrical cone. As a result, the needle/cone valve can operate at both high and low carbon dioxide pressures.
  • Fig. 3 shows the structure of the reducing valve 9 in greater detail.
  • the reducing valve comprises a socket 25, a valve body in form of the needle 15 and the cone 16. It appears that the valve seat is formed by an O-ring 18.
  • the above bellows device is mounted on the socket 25.
  • the bellows device can comprise a cup 27 of sheet material.
  • a metal sheet bellows 28 is secured, preferably by way of welding 30, inside the above cup 27 so as to provide a closed chamber 29 for the control gas mixture between the cup and the bellows.
  • the metal sheet bellows 28 can be shaped as a body of revolution with a central projection 31 which is adapted to press the valve body 15, 16 into an open position through a strut, said valve body 15, 16, however, also being subjected to an oppositely acting force by a pressure spring 35 arranged in the socket of the valve.
  • the pressure hose from the carbon dioxide compressed air cylinder is connected to the reducing valve at the opening 38 of said reducing valve.
  • the carbon dioxide enters the valve through the opening 38.
  • the carbon dioxide continues past the cone 16 and the O-ring 18, viz the valve seat, and further upwards into a chamber 40 below the projection 31 of the bellows device. From the chamber 40, the carbon dioxide passes through a channel 41 in the socket 25 and further outwards through the lower opening 39 of the valve, said lower opening communicating with the interior 6 of the keg 1 through the above gas channel 12 of the beer tap.
  • the invention may be modified in many ways without thereby deviating from the scope thereof.

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A dispensing assembly for automatically adjusting the carbon dioxide level in beer in a draught beer keg (1), said dispensing assembly comprising a beer tap (3) to be placed in the outlet opening (2) of the draught beer keg, a tapping cock (5) connected to said beer tap, a reducing valve (9) communicating with the beer tap (3) and a carbon dioxide compressed air cylinder (7) which in turn communicates with the reducing valve (9). The low pressure side of the reducing valve (9) is directly connected to a gas channel (3a) in the housing of the beer tap (3), said gas channel communicating with the interior of the keg. The reducing valve (9) is a needle/cone valve, where the valve body is controlled by a bellows device (30) arranged in the housing of the valve and including a closed control gas mixture (21) which at least includes carbon dioxide. The control gas mixture (21) is selected such that the carbon dioxide-pressure-temperature-relation of the beer in the keg within a temperature range of 5 to 30 °C coincides with the carbon dioxide-pressure-temperature-curve for beer with a constant carbon dioxide level of R (% by weight) within said temperature range. R is in the range of 0.43 to 0.62 % by weight. The resulting dispensing assembly is of a very simple structure and easy to adjust to existing draught beer equipments.

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Title: A dispensing assembly for automatically adjusting the carbon dioxide level in beer in a draught beer keg.
Technical Field
The invention relates to a dispensing assembly for automatically adjusting the carbon dioxide level in beer in a draught beer keg, where the dispensing assembly comprises a beer tap to be placed in the outlet opening of the draught beer keg, a tapping cock connected to said beer tap optionally through a hose, a reducing valve communicating with said beer tap, as well as a carbon dioxide compressed air cylinder communicating with said reducing valve optionally through a pressure hose.
Background Art
Most draught beer dispensing assemblies are not provided with any type of automatic adjustment of the carbon dioxide level in the draught beer. The carbon dioxide level in the beer has for instance been manually adjusted by means of a valve and an associated manometer placed on the carbon dioxide compressed air cylinder. The carbon dioxide level in the beer is closely correlated with the beer temperature. When the carbon dioxide level is too high, the beer foams, and when the level is too low the beer turns flat. It is also known that a change of the draught beer keg requires a readjustment of the carbon dioxide level in order to prevent the beer from foaming or turning flat. Such a procedure is necessary because the new draught beer keg has a temperature differing from the temperature of the just emptied draught beer keg, typically because said draught beer kegs are not stored in the same room.
Previous attempts at solving this problem involved electric control systems comprising electric pressure and temperature sensors as well as electrically controlled valves. In a known assembly the carbon dioxide level is controlled by means of a valve with a secondary liquid, said valve not being directly connected to the beer keg. When beer is tapped from this dispensing assembly, the beer flows through the valve and transfers its temperature to the secondary liquid, which in turn acts on a valve seat opening and closing the feeding of carbon dioxide.
As the valve is not connected to the draught beer keg, said valve and said beer in the keg do not necessarily have the same temperature, which can cause an undesirable flow of carbon dioxide into the keg.
The known control systems are rather comprehensive and rather complicated. In addition, they require a substantial adaptation when they are to be mounted on a new beer keg. Furthermore, the initial costs are relatively high.
Brief Description of the Invention
The object of the invention is to provide a dispensing assembly of the above type which presents a very simple structure, which is easy to adjust to an existing draught beer equipment, and which furthermore is inexpensive to buy.
The dispensing assembly according to the invention is characterised in that the low pressure side of the reducing valve is directly connected to a gas channel arranged in the housing of the beer tap, said gas channel communicating with the interior of the keg, and that the reducing valve is formed as a needle/cone valve, where the needle with the cone is controlled by a bellows device arranged in the housing of the valve and including a closed control gas mixture, said control gas mixture at least including carbon dioxide and being selected such that the carbon dioxide-pressure-temperature-relation of the beer in the keg within a predetermined temperature range, preferably 5 to 30 °C, coincides substantially with the carbon dioxide-pressure-temperature-curve for beer with a constant carbon dioxide level of R (% by weight) within said temperature range, R being in the range of 0.43 to 0.62% by weight. As a result, a very high structural simplicity is obtained because it is utilized that the reducing valve and the beer in the beer keg always have the same temperature, an equalization of the temperature between the beer keg and the reducing valve taking place through the housing of the beer tap. Accordingly, no particular thermosensor is necessary in connection with the reducing valve. The control gas mixture of the bellows device has the effect that the reducing valve is opened just so much that the amount of carbon dioxide passing through the reducing valve ensures that the beer in the keg is provided with a desired carbon dioxide level of R (% by weight) within a temperature range preferably being 5 to 30 °C. The dispensing assembly requires almost no adaptation to the existing draught beer equip- ment because the reducing valve used is easy to connect to the existing beer tap. Accordingly the dispensing assembly is inexpensive to install.
The carbon dioxide level R (% by weight) of the beer may according to the invention be in the range of 0.48 to 0.57% by weight, especially 0.51 to 0.55% by weight, preferably approximately 0.53 % by weight. The resulting dispensing assembly can be used for the most frequent types of beer; in Scandinavia the beer presents predominantly an R of approximately 0.53 % by weight.
In addition to carbon dioxide, the control gas mixture may include Freon 134 A or a gaseous hydrocarbon, such as butane, with the result that said assembly can be adapted to beer types with a rather differing carbon dioxide level (R).
Moreover, the carbon dioxide of the control gas mixture may according to the invention represent 10 to 30% by volume, preferably 12 to 25 % by volume of the control gas mixture, which turned out to be particularly advantageous.
Furthermore, when R is approximately 0.53 % by weight, the carbon dioxide of the control gas mixture may according to the invention represent approximately 15% by volume and Freon 134 A may represent approximately 85 % by volume. The resulting assembly is particularly suited for the types of beer typical in Denmark and the remaining Scandinavia.
Moreover, when R is approximately 0.60% by weight, the carbon dioxide level may according to the invention represent approximately 20% by volume, and the content of gaseous hydrocarbon may represent approximately 80% by volume, whereby the assembly is particularly suited for use in connection with dispensing of types of beer from the Southern Germany.
According to the invention the needle/cone valve may be shaped such that it can operate with both high and low carbon dioxide pressures because the cone is provided with a slightly convex appearance compared to a geometrical cone. As a result the needle/cone valve can, as mentioned above, operate at both high pressures, viz. at 60 to 80 bar, where it receives the carbon dioxide directly from the carbon dioxide compressed air cylinder, and at low pressures, viz. at 4 to 5 bar, provided a conventional reducing valve is mounted at said compressed air cylinder.
Furthermore, the bellows device may according to the invention comprise a cup of sheet material, where a metal sheet bellows is secured inside said cup in a sealing manner, preferably by way of welding, so as to provide a closed chamber for the control gas mixture between said cup and said bellows. As a result, the bellows device can always act on the needle/cone valve body in such a manner that no manual adjustment of the valve is required.
Finally, the metal sheet bellows may according to the invention be in form of a body of revolution with a central projection which is adapted to press the valve body in the needle/cone valve into an open position through a strut, said valve body, however, also being subjected to an oppositely acting force by a pressure spring arranged in the valve housing. The resulting embodiment turned out to be particularly advanta- geous. It should be noted that the reducing valve, as well as the dispensing assembly, is completely free of electric installations and does not require any manual adjustment. As the reducing valve is not passed by beer, said reducing valve does not suffer from any risk of sanitary problems.
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The invention is explained in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of an embodiment of the dispensing assembly accord- ing to the invention,
Fig. 2 shows a flow sheet of the embodiment of Fig. 1,
Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the reducing valve according to the invention,
Fig. 4 shows curves illustrating the carbon dioxide pressure versus the beer tempera- ture, and
Fig. 5 is a side view of the valve body in the needle/cone valve.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
The dispensing assembly shown in Fig. 1 serves to automatically adjust the carbon dioxide level in beer in a draught beer keg 1. This dispensing assembly comprises a beer tap 3 arranged in the outlet opening 2 of the draught beer keg. In addition, the dispensing assembly comprises a tapping cock 5 connected to the beer tap through a hose 4 and from which the draught beer can be dispensed, as well as a carbon dioxide compressed air cylinder 7. This compressed air cylinder 7 is connected to the delivery side of a reducing valve 9 through a pressure hose 8, said reducing valve 9 in turn being directly connected to the housing 3a of the beer tap. Fig. 2 is a rather diagrammatic view of how the individual parts of the dispensing assembly are inter- connected.
It appears that the reducing valve 9 is directly connected to a gas channel 12 arranged in the housing 3a of the beer tap, said gas channel communicating with the interior 6 of the keg 1.
It appears that the reducing valve 9 is shaped as a needle/cone valve, viz. a valve where the valve body is formed by a "needle" 15, a cone 16 being arranged at the lower end of said "needle" 15. The valve cone can abut a valve seat 17. The needle/cone valve is provided with a bellows device 20 comprising a closed control gas mixture 21 which has been symbolically marked by way of a row of small circles and which at least includes carbon dioxide and Freon 134A. Through the "needle" 15, the bellows device can act on the valve cone 16 in such a manner that the valve 9 is opened and closed when the control gas mixture expands or contracts. The components of the control gas mixture and the present amounts of said components are selected such that the carbon dioxide pressure-temperature-relation of the beer in the keg 1 within a predetermined temperature range, preferably 5 to 30 °C, coincides substantially with the carbon dioxide pressure-temperature-curve for beer with a constant carbon dioxide level of R (% by weight) in the temperature range. R is in the range of 0.43 to 0.62% by weight.
Fig. 4 shows the carbon dioxide pressure in the beer versus the beer temperature. The ideal curve I shows the correlation between pressure and temperature when the amount of carbon dioxide in the beer in the temperature range of 5 to 30 °C must be constant R = 0.53 % by weight. The curve II illustrates how a carbon dioxide pressure-beer-temperature-relation is obtained which in most of the temperature range 5 to 30 °C coincides exactly with the ideal curve I or is very similar thereto in connection with a control gas mixture including carbon dioxide and Freon 134A.
When the dispensing assembly is to be used for maintaining an increased carbon dioxide level in the beer of for instance R = 0.60% by volume, the ideal curve is slightly upwardly displaced relative to the curve I. In this case another control gas mixture is used, such as a mixture including carbon dioxide and a gaseous hydrocarbon, such as butane. In the latter case, the curve corresponding to the curve II is found slightly above the curve II, but quite close to the ideal curve.
The carbon dioxide level R (% by weight) of the beer la can be in the range of 0.48 to 0.57% by weight, especially 0.51 to 0.55% by weight, preferably 0.53% by weight.
The carbon dioxide of the control gas mixture 21 can represent 10 to 30% by volume, preferably 12 to 25% by volume of the control gas mixture.
When the carbon dioxide level of the beer is approximately 0.53 % by weight (R = approximately 0.53 % by weight), the carbon dioxide level of the control gas mixture 21 can represent approximately 15 % by volume, and the contents of Freon 134A can be approximately 85 % by volume.
On the other hand, when the carbon dioxide level of the beer must be approximately 0.60% by weight (R = approximately 0.60% by weight), the carbon dioxide level of the control gas mixture 21 can represent approximately 20% by volume and the content of gaseous hydrocarbon, such as butane, approximately 80% by volume.
Fig. 5 shows how the valve body of the needle/cone valve comprises said needle 15 and a substantially conical body 16. It appears that the cone presents a slightly con- vex appearance compared to a geometrical cone. As a result, the needle/cone valve can operate at both high and low carbon dioxide pressures.
Fig. 3 shows the structure of the reducing valve 9 in greater detail. The reducing valve comprises a socket 25, a valve body in form of the needle 15 and the cone 16. It appears that the valve seat is formed by an O-ring 18. The above bellows device is mounted on the socket 25. The bellows device can comprise a cup 27 of sheet material. A metal sheet bellows 28 is secured, preferably by way of welding 30, inside the above cup 27 so as to provide a closed chamber 29 for the control gas mixture between the cup and the bellows. As illustrated, the metal sheet bellows 28 can be shaped as a body of revolution with a central projection 31 which is adapted to press the valve body 15, 16 into an open position through a strut, said valve body 15, 16, however, also being subjected to an oppositely acting force by a pressure spring 35 arranged in the socket of the valve.
It should be noted that the pressure hose from the carbon dioxide compressed air cylinder is connected to the reducing valve at the opening 38 of said reducing valve. Thus the carbon dioxide enters the valve through the opening 38.
Subsequently, the carbon dioxide continues past the cone 16 and the O-ring 18, viz the valve seat, and further upwards into a chamber 40 below the projection 31 of the bellows device. From the chamber 40, the carbon dioxide passes through a channel 41 in the socket 25 and further outwards through the lower opening 39 of the valve, said lower opening communicating with the interior 6 of the keg 1 through the above gas channel 12 of the beer tap.
The invention may be modified in many ways without thereby deviating from the scope thereof.

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Claims
1. A dispensing assembly for automatically adjusting the carbon dioxide level in beer in a draught beer keg (1), said dispensing assembly comprising a beer tap (3) to be placed in the outlet opening (2) of the draught beer keg, a tapping cock (5) connected to said beer tap optionally through a hose (4), a reducing valve (9) communicating with the beer tap (3) and a carbon dioxide compressed air cylinder (7) which in turn communicates with the reducing valve (9) optionally through a pressure hose (8), c h a r a c t e r i s e d in that the low pressure side (39) of the reducing valve is directly connected to a gas channel (12) arranged in the housing (3a) of the beer tap, said gas channel (12) communicating with the interior (6) of the keg, and that the reducing valve (9) is formed as a needle/cone valve, where the needle (15) with the cone (16) is controlled by a bellows device (20) arranged in the housing of the valve and including a closed control gas mixture (21), said control gas mixture (21) at least including carbon dioxide and being selected such that the carbon diox- ide-pressure-temperature-relation of the beer (la) in the keg within a predetermined temperature range, preferably 5 to 30 °C, coincides substantially with the carbon dioxide-pressure-temperature-curve for beer with a constant carbon dioxide level of R (% by weight) within said temperature range, R being in the range of 0.43 to 0.62% by weight.
2. A dispensing assembly as claimed in claim 1 , c h a r a c t e r i s e d in that the carbon dioxide level R (% by weight) of the beer is in the range of 0.48 to 0.57% by weight, especially 0.51 to 0.55% by weight, preferably approximately 0.53 % by weight.
3. A dispensing assembly as claimed in claim 1 or 2, c h a r a c t e r i s e d in that the control gas mixture (21) in addition to carbon dioxide includes Freon 134 A or a gaseous hydrocarbon, such as butane.
4. A dispensing assembly as claimed in claim 1,2 or 3, characterised in that the carbon dioxide of the control gas mixture (21) represents 10 to 30% by volume, preferably 12 to 25% by volume, of said control gas mixture.
5. A dispensing assembly as claimed in one or more of the claims 1 to 4, and where R is approximately 0.53% by weight, characterised in that the carbon dioxide of the control gas mixture (21) represents approximately 15% by volume, and Freon 134 A represents approximately 85% by volume.
6. A dispensing assembly as claimed in one or more of the claims 1 to 4, and where R is approximately 0.60% by weight, characterised in that the carbon dioxide of the control gas mixture (21) represents approximately 20% by volume, and the content of gaseous hydrocarbon, such as butane, represents approximately 80% by volume.
7. A dispensing assembly as claimed in one or more of the claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the needle/cone valve (9) is shaped such that it can operate with both high and low carbon dioxide pressures because the cone (16) is provided with a slightly convex appearance compared to a geometrical cone.
8. A dispensing assembly as claimed in one or more of the claims 1 to 7, characterised in that the bellows device (20) comprises a cup (27) of sheet material, where a metal sheet bellows (28) is secured inside said cup in a sealing manner, preferably by way of welding, so as to provide a closed chamber (29) for the control gas mixture (21) between the cup (27) and the bellows (28).
9. A dispensing assembly s claimed in one or more of the claims lto8,charac- t e r i s e d in that the metal sheet bellows (28) is formed as a body of revolution with a central projection (31), which is adapted to press the valve body (15, 16) in the needle/cone valve into an open position through a pressure bar (32), said valve body (15, 16), however, also be subjected to an oppositely acting force from a pressure spring (35) arranged in the socket (25) of the valve.
10. A reducing valve (9) shaped in accordance with the subject matter stated in one or more of the claims 1 to 9.
[received by the International Bureau on 15 June 2001 ( 15.06.01); original claims 1- 10 replaced by amended ciai s 1-10 (3 pages)]'
Claims
1. A dispensing assembly for automatically adjusting the carbon dioxide level in beer in a draught beer keg (1), said dispensing assembly comprising a beer tap (3) to be placed in the outlet opening (2) of the draught beer keg, a tapping cock (5) connected to said beer tap optionally through a hose (4), a reducing valve (9) provided with a needle and cone and communicating with the beer tap (3) and a carbon dioxide compressed air cylinder (7) which in turn communicates with the reducing valve (9) optionally through a pressure hose (8), the reducing valve (9) being controlled by a control device with a plate and defining a space into which a control gas mixture (21) is filled, said control gas mixture (21) at least including carbon dioxide, c h ar a c t e r i s e d in that the low pressure side (39) of the reducing valve (9) is directly connected to a gas channel (12) arranged in the housing (3a) of the beer tap, said connection being provided by means of a socket (25) of said valve (9), said gas channel (12) communicating with the interior (6) of the keg.
2. A dispensing assembly as claimed in claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i s e d in that the control device of the reducing valve (9) is formed by a bellows device (20) which is fixed relative to the housing and socket (25) of the reducing valve (a), and in that the control gas mixture (21) contained in the bellows device (20) is such that besides carbon dioxide a gaseous hydrocarbon, such as butane is included, said control gas mixture (21) being selected such that the carbon dioxide-pressure-temperature-relation of the beer (la) in the keg within a predetermined temperature range, preferably 5 to 30°C, coincides substantially with the carbon dioxide-pressure-temperature-curve for beer with a constant carbon dioxide level of R (% by weight) within said temperature range, R being in the range of 0.43 to 0.62% by weight.
3. A dispensing assembly as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the carbon dioxide level R (% by weight) of the beer is in the range of 0.48 to 0.57% by weight, especially 0.51 to 0.55% by weight, preferably approximately 0.53% by weight.
4. A dispensing assembly as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, characterised in that the control gas mixture (21) in addition to carbon dioxide includes Freon 134A.
5. A dispensing assembly as claimed in claim one or more of the claims 1-4, characterised in that the carbon dioxide of the control gas mixture (21) represents 10 to 30% by volume, preferably 12 to 25% by volume, of said control gas mixture.
6. A dispensing assembly as claimed in one or more of the claims 1 to 5, and where R is approximately 0.60% by weight, characterised in that the carbon dioxide of the control gas mixture (21) represents approximately 20% by volume, and the content of gaseous hydrocarbon, such as butane, represents approximately 80% by volume.
7. A dispensing assembly as claimed in one or more of the claims 1 to 6, and where R is approximately 0.53% by weight, characterised in that the carbon dioxide of the control gas mixture (21) represents approximately 15% by volume, and Freon 134A represents approximately 85% by volume.
8. A dispensing assembly as claimed in one or more of the claims 1 to 7, c h a - racterised in that the reducing valve (9) is shaped such that it can operate with both high and low carbon dioxide pressures because the cone (16) is provided with a slightly convex appearance compared to a geometrical cone.
9. A dispensing assembly as claimed in one or more of the claims 1 to 8, c h a - racterised in that the bellows device (20) comprises a cup (27) of sheet material, where a metal sheet bellows (28) is secured inside said cup in a sealing manner, preferably by way of welding, so as to provide a closed chamber (29) for the control gas mixture (21) between the cup (27) and the bellows (28).
10. A dispensing assembly s claimed in one or more of the claims 1 to 9, c h a - racterised in that the metal sheet bellows (28) is formed as a body of revolution with a central projection (31), which is adapted to press the valve body (15, 16) in the needle/cone valve into an open position through a pressure bar (32), said valve body (15, 16), however, also being subjected to an oppositely acting force from a pressure spring (35) arranged in the socket (25) of the reducing valve (9).
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